When the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, many US websites belonging to publishers and media companies decided to block or reduce access to EU residents rather than change their data collection practices. Several of these sites remain off limits, while some restored access after a few months and others after a few years. A new study by Neil Thurman, James Sly, Richard Fletcher and Bartosz Wilczek looks at the effects of the different strategies and finds that both temporary withdrawal and rationing of services can have a significant long-term impact.
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